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This page shows an overview of classical and musical keywords.

A
A cappella Absolute pitch Accidentals Accompaniment Ad libitum Aeolian mode Aleatoric music Altered chord Arpeggio Arrangement Atonality Authentic performance

B
B-flat minor Baroque music

C
Cadence Call and response Chord Chord progressions Chromatic chord Chromatic scale Coda Combinatoriality Common practice period Common tones Composer Composition Concertato Concerto grosso Consonance and dissonance Counterpoint

D
D major D minor Degree Diatonic function Diatonic scale Diminished chord Diminution Dorian mode Double variation Dynamics

E
Enharmonic Equal temperament

F
Faux bourdon Figured bass Folk music

G
Gavotte

H
Harmonic series Harmony Heptatonic scale Hexachord Hexatonic scale History of music Homophony (music) Hypodorian mode

I
Interval Interval class Inversion Inversionally Ionian mode

J

K
Kapellmeister Key Key signature Klangfarbenmelodie

L
Libretto Lied Lydian mode

N
Nonchord tone

O
Obbligato Octatonic scale Opera buffa Opera seria Opus numbers Orchestration Organology Ornaments Ostinato

P
Parallel key Partita Pentatonic scale Perfect fifth Perfect fourth Phrygian mode Pitch class Pitches Pizzicato Polyphony Polytonality Prima pratica Program music Psychoacoustic Pulse

Q

R
Recapitulation Rehearsal Renaissance music Resolution Rests Rhythm Riff Ritornello Romantic music

S
Scale Scale degree Semitone Serialism Set_theory Sheet music Simultaneous Solo Sonata form Spectral music Staccato Staff Stage fright Subdominants Synesthesia

T
Tarantella Tempo Tetrachord Texture Three-key exposition Timbre Tonality Tone row Tonic Tonicization Transposition Tremolo Triad Trio sonata Tristan chord Tritone Tropes Twelve-tone technique

U
Unified field

V
Voice leading

W
Whole tone Whole-tone scale

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Y

Z

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